Sections

• 1.1 Title
• 1.2 Authority
• 1.3 Applicability
• 1.4 Enactment and Repeals
• 1.5 Purpose
• 1.6 Minimum Standards; Conflict with Private Restrictions
• 1.7 Fees
• 1.8 Enforcement
• 1.9 Penalties for Violation
• 1.10 Nonconforming Provisions
  • 1.10.1 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
  • 1.10.2 Nonconforming Status
  • 1.10.3 Expansion
  • 1.10.4 Change of Use
  • 1.10.5 Ordinary Repair and Maintenance
  • 1.10.6 Abandonment
  • 1.10.7 Destruction
  • 1.10.8 Nonconforming Lots
• 1.11 Severability
• 1.12 Commentaries

Sections

• 2.1 Establishment of Districts
• 2.2 Official Zoning Map
  • 2.2.1 Map Adoption
  • 2.2.2 Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning)
  • 2.2.3 Map Replacement
  • 2.2.4 Interpretation of District Boundaries
• 2.3 SLR, Small Lot Residential District
  • 2.3.1 Purpose
  • 2.3.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.3.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.3.4 District Standards
• 2.4 LLR, Large Lot Residential District
  • 2.4.1 Purpose
  • 2.4.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.4.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.4.4 District Standards
• 2.5 RR, Rural Residential District
  • 2.5.1 Purpose
  • 2.5.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.5.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.5.4 District Standards
• 2.6 MFR, Multi-family Residential District
  • 2.6.1 Purpose
  • 2.6.2 Master Plan Requirement
  • 2.6.3 Allowed Uses
  • 2.6.4 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.6.5 District Standards
  • 2.6.6 Conditions of Approval
  • 2.6.7 Compliance with Master Plan
• 2.7 RG, Range and Grazing District
  • 2.7.1 Purpose
  • 2.7.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.7.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.7.4 District Standards
• 2.8 NC, Neighborhood Commercial District
  • 2.8.1 Purpose
  • 2.8.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.8.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.8.4 District Standards
• 2.9 GB, General Business District
  • 2.9.1 Purpose
  • 2.9.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.9.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.9.4 District Standards
• 2.10 HC, Highway Commercial District
  • 2.10.1 Purpose
  • 2.10.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.10.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.10.4 District Standards
• 2.11 RC, Resort Commercial District
  • 2.11.1 Purpose
  • 2.11.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.11.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.11.4 District Standards
• 2.12 RS, Resort Special District
  • 2.12.1 Purpose
  • 2.12.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.12.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.12.4 District Standards
• 2.13 LI, Light Industrial District
  • 2.13.1 Purpose
  • 2.13.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.13.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.13.4 District Standards
• 2.14 HI, Heavy Industrial District
  • 2.14.1 Purpose
  • 2.14.2 Allowed Uses
  • 2.14.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 2.14.4 District Standards

Sections

• 3.1 Use Table
  • 3.1.1 Types of Uses
• 3.2 Use-specific Standards
• 3.3 Accessory and Temporary Uses and Structures
  • 3.3.1 Authorizations
  • 3.3.2 Use-Specific Standards for Accessory Uses
  • 3.3.3 Use-Specific Standards for Temporary Uses
• 3.4 Use Categories
  • 3.4.1 General
  • 3.4.2 Developments with Multiple Principal Uses
  • 3.4.3 Accessory Uses
  • 3.4.4 Use of Examples
  • 3.4.5 Uses not included
  • 3.4.6 Use Categories
  • 3.4.7 Residential Use Categories
  • 3.4.8 Public and Civic Use Categories
  • 3.4.9 Commercial Use Categories
  • 3.4.10 Industrial Use Categories
  • 3.4.11 Other Use Categories

Sections

• 4.1 General
  • 4.1.1 Special purpose districts
  • 4.1.2 Overlay districts
• 4.2 SPA, Specially Planned Area
  • 4.2.1 Purpose
  • 4.2.2 Permitted Uses
  • 4.2.3 Conditional Uses
  • 4.2.4 Accessory Uses
  • 4.2.5 Temporary Uses
  • 4.2.6 Lot Design Standards
  • 4.2.7 Special Open Space Requirement
  • 4.2.8 District Standards
• 4.3 AL, Airport Limitation District
  • 4.3.1 Purpose
  • 4.3.2 Airport Zoning Commission
  • 4.3.3 Airport Board of Adjustment
  • 4.3.4 Grand County Airport Board
  • 4.3.5 Lot Design Standards
  • 4.3.6 Permitted Uses
  • 4.3.7 Conditional Uses
  • 4.3.8 Accessory Uses
  • 4.3.9 District Standards
  • 4.3.10 Mandatory Referral
• 4.4 -PUD, Planned Unit Development
  • 4.4.1 Purpose and intent
  • 4.4.2 Applicability
  • 4.4.3 Approval Procedures
  • 4.4.4 Identification on Zoning Maps
  • 4.4.5 Allowed Uses
  • 4.4.6 Lot Design Standards
  • 4.4.7 Density
  • 4.4.8 Affordable Housing, Density Bonus Incentives
  • 4.4.9 Workforce Housing, Density Bonus Incentives
  • 4.4.10 Open Space, Density Bonus Incentives
  • 4.4.11 Master Plan Requirement
  • 4.4.12 Public Land Dedications
  • 4.4.13 Architectural Review
  • 4.4.14 Road Design Standards
  • 4.4.15 Additional Conditions
  • 4.4.16 Minor Amendments
  • 4.4.17 Major Amendments
  • 4.4.18 Effect on Other Code Standards
• 4.5 -WSPO, Water Source Protection Overlay District
  • 4.5.1 Purpose
  • 4.5.2 Allowed Uses
  • 4.5.3 Lot Design Standards
  • 4.5.4 District Standards
• 4.6 -OAO, Overnight Accommodations Overlay Districts
  • 4.6.1 Purpose
  • 4.6.2 Applicability
  • 4.6.3 Identification on Zoning Maps
  • 4.6.4 Allowed Uses
  • 4.6.5 Design Standards in -OAO Districts
  • 4.6.6 Use and Occupancy Standards
  • 4.6.7 -OAO District Application
• 4.7 High Density Housing Overlay Districts
  • 4.7.1 Purpose
  • 4.7.2 Applicability
  • 4.7.3 Definitions
  • 4.7.4 Permitted Uses
  • 4.7.5 Development Standards
  • 4.7.6 Assurance of Primary Residential Housing and Occupancy
  • 4.7.7 Development Incentives
  • 4.7.8 HDHO District Application
  • 4.7.9 HDHO Development Plat and Site Plan Approval
  • 4.7.10 Expiration of High Density Housing Ordinance
  • 4.7.11 Enforcement
  • 4.7.12 Repeal/Savings Clause
  • 4.7.13 Rules and Regulations*
• 4.8 Scenic Resource Protection District
  • 4.8.1 Purpose
  • 4.8.2 Applicability
  • 4.8.3 Allowed Uses
  • 4.8.4 Development Standards
  • 4.8.5 SRPD Development Plat and Site Plan Approval
• 4.9 Alternative Dwelling Overlay (ADO) District

Sections

• 5.1 Purpose
• 5.2 General
  • 5.2.1 Minimum Requirements
  • 5.2.2 Housing Types
• 5.3 How to Use This Article
• 5.4 Part I: Residential Districts
  • 5.4.1 Residential Development Standards
• 5.5 Part II: Nonresidential Districts
  • 5.5.1 Nonresidential Dimensional Standards
  • 5.5.2 Residential Development Standards in Nonresidential Districts
  • 5.5.3 Residential Dimensional Standards in Nonresidential districts
  • 5.5.4 Project Boundary Buffer
• 5.6 Measurements, Computations and Exceptions
  • 5.6.1 Gross Density
  • 5.6.2 Lot Area
  • 5.6.3 Required Yards (Setbacks)
  • 5.6.4 Average Lot Width
  • 5.6.5 Maximum Height
  • 5.6.6 Steep Slopes

Sections

• 6.1 Off-street Parking
  • 6.1.1 Purpose
  • 6.1.2 Applicability
  • 6.1.3 Computing Parking
  • 6.1.4 Off-Street Parking Requirements
  • 6.1.5 Determined by Parking Study
  • 6.1.6 Extraordinary Parking Demands
  • 6.1.7 Parking Space Dimensions, Lighting and Design
• 6.2 Driveways and Access
• 6.3 Fences and Walls
  • 6.3.1 Purpose
  • 6.3.2 Height and Location of Fences and Walls
• 6.4 Landscaping and Screening
  • 6.4.1 Purpose
  • 6.4.2 Applicability
  • 6.4.3 General Requirements
• 6.5 Signs
  • 6.5.1 Purpose and Intent
  • 6.5.2 Applicability
  • 6.5.3 Exempt Signs
  • 6.5.4 Prohibited Signs
  • 6.5.5 Permitted Signs
  • 6.5.6 Permits
• 6.6 Outdoor Lighting
  • 6.6.1 Purpose
  • 6.6.2 Scope and Applicability
  • 6.6.3 Definitions
  • 6.6.4 Fully Shielded Fixture Requirements
  • 6.6.5 Total Light Output
  • 6.6.6 Lighting Hours
  • 6.6.7 Lighting Color
  • 6.6.8 Specialized Outdoor Lighting Conditions and Standards
  • 6.6.9 Application and Review Procedures
  • 6.6.10 Amortization of Nonconforming Outdoor Lighting
• 6.7 Drainage
• 6.8 Floodplains, Natural and Historic Drainages
  • 6.8.1 Purpose
• 6.9 General Site Planning Standards
  • 6.9.1 General
  • 6.9.2 Hazard Areas
  • 6.9.3 Slope Conditions
  • 6.9.4 Limitations on Site Disturbance
  • 6.9.5 Restoration of Disturbed Areas
  • 6.9.6 Wildfire
  • 6.9.7 Defensible Space
  • 6.9.8 Ridgeline Standards
  • 6.9.9 Grading, Revegetation and Restoration
• 6.10 Compatibility Standards
  • 6.10.1 Purpose
• 6.11 Open Space and Common Area
  • 6.11.1 General Standards
  • 6.11.2 Open Space Standards
  • 6.11.3 Open Space Priority
  • 6.11.4 Common Area Standards
• 6.12 Operational Performance Standards
  • 6.12.1 Applicability
  • 6.12.2 General
  • 6.12.3 Noise
  • 6.12.4 Smoke and Particulate Matter
  • 6.12.5 Odorous Matter
  • 6.12.6 Fire and Explosive Hazard Material
  • 6.12.7 Toxic and Noxious Matter
  • 6.12.8 Vibration
  • 6.12.9 Glare
  • 6.12.10 Refuse and Debris
• 6.13 Development Impact Fees
  • 6.13.1 Purpose
  • 6.13.2 Applicability
  • 6.13.3 Collection of Impact Fees
  • 6.13.4 Public Facility Improvement Projects
  • 6.13.5 Calculation of Impact Fees
  • 6.13.6 Administration of Impact Fees
  • 6.13.7 Extraordinary Impacts
  • 6.13.8 Bonding Excess Facility Projects
  • 6.13.9 Effect of Impact Fee on Zoning and Subdivision Regulations
  • 6.13.10 Impact Fee as Additional and Supplemental Requirement
  • 6.13.11 Development Impact Fee Report
• 6.14 Affordable Housing
• 6.15 Assured Housing Standards
  • 6.15.1 Application
  • 6.15.2 Definitions
  • 6.15.3 Exemptions
  • 6.15.4 Assured Housing Requirements
  • 6.15.5 Land Use Restriction Agreement
  • 6.15.6 Independent Feasibility and Nexus Analyses
  • 6.15.7 Redevelopment: Additions and Conversions of Use
  • 6.15.8 Final Assured Housing Requirement Calculations
  • 6.15.9 Alternative Methods of Meeting Assured Housing Requirements
  • 6.15.10 Periodic Review of Assured Housing Ordinance
  • 6.15.11 Enforcement

Sections

• 7.1 Scope and Applicability
  • 7.1.1 Applicability
  • 7.1.2 Creation of Building Site
• 7.2 Building lots
  • 7.2.1 Lot Configuration
  • 7.2.2 Side Lot Lines
  • 7.2.3 Street Frontage Required
  • 7.2.4 Double Frontage Lots
  • 7.2.5 Flag Lots
  • 7.2.6 Large Lots
• 7.3 Streets
  • 7.3.1 Applicability
  • 7.3.2 Street Layout
  • 7.3.3 Street Connections
  • 7.3.4 Half Right-of-Way (R.O.W.)
  • 7.3.5 Street Intersections
  • 7.3.6 Street Jogs
  • 7.3.7 Dead-End Streets
  • 7.3.8 CulDeSacs
  • 7.3.9 Alleys
  • 7.3.10 Highway Access Permit
  • 7.3.11 Street Design Standards
• 7.4 Sidewalks and Trails
  • 7.4.1 Applicability
  • 7.4.2 Sidewalks
  • 7.4.3 Trails
• 7.5 Street lighting
• 7.6 Easements
  • 7.6.1 Utility Easements Required
  • 7.6.2 Minimum Width
  • 7.6.3 Utility Easements
  • 7.6.4 Potable Water and Sewer Easements
  • 7.6.5 T-Intersections and Cul-De-Sacs
  • 7.6.6 Fire Lanes and Emergency Access Easements
  • 7.6.7 Drainage Easements
  • 7.6.8 Trail Easements
  • 7.6.9 Adjoining Areas
• 7.7 Drainage
  • 7.7.1 Applicability
  • 7.7.2 Minimum Standards
• 7.8 Water Supply
  • 7.8.1 General
  • 7.8.2 Culinary Water Authority
  • 7.8.3 Municipal and District Water Systems
• 7.9 Fire Protection
  • 7.9.1 General
• 7.10 Sewage Disposal
  • 7.10.1 General
  • 7.10.2 Sanitary Sewer Authority
  • 7.10.3 Municipal and District Sewer Systems
• 7.11 Underground utilities

Sections

• 8.1 Planning and Zoning Commission
  • 8.1.1 Planning and Zoning Commission Created
  • 8.1.2 Land Use Authority
  • 8.1.3 Organization
  • 8.1.4 Powers and Duties
• 8.2 Hearing Officer
  • 8.2.1 Hearing Officer Created
  • 8.2.2 Appeal Authority
  • 8.2.3 Appointment
  • 8.2.4 Powers and Duties
• 8.3 Zoning Administrator
• 8.4 Building Official

Sections

• 9.1 Common Procedure
  • 9.1.1 Conformity with Land Use Code
  • 9.1.2 Pre-Application Conference
  • 9.1.3 Minimum Submission Requirements
  • 9.1.4 Application
  • 9.1.5 Summary of Land Use Authority
  • 9.1.6 Certification of Completeness
  • 9.1.7 Vested Development Rights
  • 9.1.8 Public Notice Requirements
  • 9.1.9 Required Hearings
  • 9.1.10 Required Applicant Notices
  • 9.1.11 Required Municipal Notice of Urban Development
  • 9.1.12 Simultaneous Processing of Applications
• 9.2 Text and Zoning Map Amendments (Rezonings)
  • 9.2.1 General
  • 9.2.2 Application for Zoning Map or Text Amendment
  • 9.2.3 Review by Planning Commission
  • 9.2.4 Action by County Commission
  • 9.2.5 Issues for Consideration
  • 9.2.8 Interpretations of Text and Zoning Map
• 9.3 Minor Subdivisions
  • 9.3.1 Definition; Criteria for Approval
  • 9.3.2 Land Use Authority
  • 9.3.3 Review and Approval Process
  • 9.3.4 Items for Consideration
  • 9.3.5 Recordation Action Following Approval
• 9.4 Preliminary Plat
  • 9.4.1 Pre-Application Conference
  • 9.4.2 Submittal Requirements
  • 9.4.3 Application Review Procedures
  • 9.4.4 Issues for Consideration
  • 9.4.5 Effect of Preliminary Plat Approval
• 9.5 Final Plat
  • 9.5.1 Final Plat Submittal Requirements
  • 9.5.2 Application Review Procedures
  • 9.5.3 Responsibility for Payment for Installation Costs
  • 9.5.4 Plat Approval and Dedication
  • 9.5.5 Acceptance of Subdivision Improvements
• 9.6 Mandatory Homeowners’ Association
  • 9.6.1 Applicability
  • 9.6.2 Approval
  • 9.6.3 Responsibilities
  • 9.6.4 Dedications to Association
  • 9.6.5 Contents of Agreements
• 9.7 Recreational Subdivisions
  • 9.7.1 Purpose
  • 9.7.2 Pre-Application Conference
  • 9.7.3 Submittal Requirements
  • 9.7.4 Application Review Procedures
  • 9.7.5 Criteria for Approval
• 9.8 Plat Amendments and Correction Plats
  • 9.8.1 Plat Amendments
  • 9.8.2 Correction Plats
• 9.9 Lot Line Adjustments
• 9.10 Conditional Use Permits
  • 9.10.1 General
  • 9.10.2 Pre-Application Conference
  • 9.10.3 Procedure
  • 9.10.4 Action by County Commission
  • 9.10.5 Conditional Use Criteria
  • 9.10.6 Conditions of Approval
  • 9.10.7 Revocation
  • 9.10.8 Records
  • 9.10.9 Maximum Density
• 9.11 Constitutional Takings Review and Appeal
• 9.12 Appeals of Administrative Decisions
  • 9.12.1 Authority of Hearing Officer
  • 9.12.2 Application for Appeal
  • 9.12.3 Filing Fee
  • 9.12.4 Stay of Proceedings
  • 9.12.5 Appeals to Court
• 9.13 Variances
  • 9.13.1 Purpose
  • 9.13.2 Authority
  • 9.13.3 County Commission Approval of Variances
  • 9.13.4 Procedure
  • 9.13.5 Required Findings and Approval by Hearing Officer
  • 9.13.6 Conditions
  • 9.13.7 Effect of Variance Permit
• 9.14 Sign Permits
  • 9.14.1 Permits
  • 9.14.2 Sign Permit Application
  • 9.14.3 Sign Permit Standards
• 9.15 Temporary Use Permits
  • 9.15.1 General
  • 9.15.2 Zoning
  • 9.15.3 Application
  • 9.15.4 Conditions
  • 9.15.5 Time Limit
• 9.16 Site Plan Review
  • 9.16.1 Applicability
  • 9.16.2 Purpose
  • 9.16.3 Submission Requirements
  • 9.16.4 Action
  • 9.16.5 Minor Changes
• 9.17 Certificates of Occupancy
  • 9.17.1 Applicability
  • 9.17.2 Application
  • 9.17.3 Record

Sections

• 10.1 Rules of Construction
  • 10.1.1 Meaning and Intent
  • 10.1.2 Text
  • 10.1.3 Computation of Time
  • 10.1.4 Conjunctions
  • 10.1.5 Delegation of Authority
  • 10.1.6 Non-Technical and Technical Words
  • 10.1.7 Public Officials, Bodies and Agencies
  • 10.1.8 Mandatory and Discretionary Terms
  • 10.1.9 Tense, Number and Gender
• 10.2 Definitions

Sections

Sections

• Ordinances Pending Codification